The Reformation: printing, church reform and a divided Europe
Grade 7 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence
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From debate points to printed pages
With cards in time order: [1] 1517: Martin Luther, a priest and professor at Wittenberg, writes the Ninety-five Theses in Latin as points for a scholarly debate about indulgences, and sends a copy to Archbishop Albrecht of Mainz; [2] by the end of 1517: ?; [3] 1520: Luther writes On the Freedom of a Christian and an open letter to the pope, published in German for readers across Germany; the Library of Congress says it was already a bestseller when the pope received it; [4] April 1521: at the Diet of Worms, Emperor Charles V orders Luther to take back his writings; Luther refuses, and the emperor condemns him as an outlaw. Arrows (this made the next one possible): 1 → 2, 2 → 3, 3 → 4. The card marked ? is blank. Below the strip: a disputation is a scholarly debate. A notice of one was often posted on a church door at that time. A diet is an assembly of the empire's rulers.
Kira's strip has a blank card: what happened by the end of 1517?
- Three printed editions of the theses appeared
- Luther was condemned as an outlaw
- The theses were written in Latin
- Luther wrote an open letter to the pope in German
From debate points to printed pages
With cards in time order: [1] 1517: Martin Luther, a priest and professor at Wittenberg, writes the Ninety-five Theses in Latin as points for a scholarly debate about indulgences, and sends a copy to Archbishop Albrecht of Mainz; [2] by the end of 1517: three printed editions of the theses appear, in Leipzig, Nuremberg and Basel, about 300 copies each by one estimate; [3] 1520: Luther writes On the Freedom of a Christian and an open letter to the pope, published in German for readers across Germany; the Library of Congress says it was already a bestseller when the pope received it; [4] April 1521: ?. Arrows (this made the next one possible): 1 → 2, 2 → 3, 3 → 4. The card marked ? is blank. Below the strip: a disputation is a scholarly debate. A notice of one was often posted on a church door at that time. A diet is an assembly of the empire's rulers.
Luz's strip has a blank card: what happened in April 1521?
- The emperor made Luther a bishop
- A press at Leipzig closed for good that year
- Luther sent the theses to the archbishop
- Luther refused to take back his writings
Noah reads the word disputation. What is a disputation?
- A scholarly debate
- A letter sent to a king
- A sermon in a large church
- A tax on printed books
Pia reads that Luther wrote about indulgences. Which meaning fits the way Catholics describe them?
Use the picture in question 3.
- A grant Catholics teach eases punishment for sins
- A letter sent to a bishop
- A tax that printers paid on the books they sold each year
- A debate held at a university
Ren reads that Parliament passed the Act of Supremacy. What is Parliament?
- England's assembly that makes laws
- The king's private council of priests
- A guild of cloth sellers
- A court that judges thieves
Where did Luther teach in 1517, by Tala's strip?
- Strasbourg
- Mainz
- Wittenberg
- Worms
In which city did Zwingli become a priest in 1518, Zee asks?
- London
- Geneva
- Zurich
- Wittenberg
In which language is the Book of Common Prayer, by Ari's strip?
Use the picture in question 7.
- Spanish
- German
- Latin
- English
Which card has no arrow leading into it on Bo's strip?
- The Diet of Worms, April 1521
- Three printed editions, end of 1517
- On the Freedom of a Christian, 1520
- The Ninety-five Theses, 1517
Which card has an arrow from Zwingli's card, Esme asks?
- The Book of Common Prayer, 1549
- The Act of Supremacy, 1534
- The Swiss Brethren, 1524
- No card
